Sentences with phrase «coalition of allies»

For years, the ALEC Justice Performance Project has brought together a diverse coalition of allies that offer research and experience to achieve the shared goal of better sentencing laws.

«Personally, this last week has been very challenging, as the imperfections in this bill fractured our broader coalition of allies.

If members of Friends of the Earth continue to call and write their representatives in Congress, we can with our broad coalition of allies stop any move to slip the Fast Track bill through in the final, chaotic days of this congressional session in December.

The Sierra Club had long been focusing on this plant with a coalition of allies, including the Coalition for Clean Air South Coast, Toxics Action Center, Clean Water Action, and the Conservation Law Foundation.

By expanding upon this position to include all pets, we can work with a broad coalition of allies to protect pets and pet owners.

Cuomo has lined up a coalition of allies in the labor movement, with groups like 32BJ among them.

When you want something done — or not done — by elected officials, a coalition of allied voices can spell the difference between success and failure.

Not exact matches

The United States and the Saudi - led coalition that intervened in Yemen's civil war in 2015 accuse Iran of providing the missiles to its Houthi allies, which Tehran denies.

A Saudi - led coalition is fighting to counter the influence of Iran, an ally of the Houthi militia, who deny any help from Tehran and say they are fighting a revolution against corrupt politicians and Gulf powers in thrall to the West.

«A thought that I have is the United States could lead a coalition of large trading partners and allies against China, or to let China know that they're breaking the rules left and right,» Kudlow said on «Closing Bell.»

A second «coalition of the willing,» the term used to describe allies in the second U.S. war with Iraq, may be forming to take on Iran more directly, and the roster looks to include Saudi Arabia, U.A.E, Israel, and the United States.

A coalition of adverse forces seemed allied against Foster's determination and high hopes: (1) there was potential for a strike, should Foster balk at union demands; (2) 1983 might have proved not even close to the bottom of the recession for heavy machinery; (3) who knew what EPA standards the former owner had let slide, that the new one might be called on to correct?

The U.S. - led coalition is currently backing a campaign by its Syrian militia allies to encircle and ultimately capture Raqqa, Islamic State's base of operations in Syria.

The SPD only agreed to ally with Merkel after promising a list of distinctive policies to secure the approval of party members, many of whom wanted the SPD to regroup in opposition after the last four years in coalition damaged its standing among voters.

In August, 2003, Harper told Maclean's that Canada's refusal to support the coalition meant that «Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events.

However, on March 26, 2003, six days after the U.S. - led coalition began bombing Iraq, Harper told the House of Commons: «We should be there with our allies when it counts against Saddam Hussein.»

Returning to the same south Texas courthouse where a Texas - led coalition won a sweeping victory against a key immigration policy of the Obama Administration more than three years ago, Texas and some of its former allies moved on Tuesday to scuttle the last remaining part of that policy — the so - called «DACA» program.

Still, the biggest winner appears to be Hezbollah and its allies, who look set to scoop up at least some of the seats lost by Hariri's coalition, largely because of the expected fragmentation of the Sunni vote.

These younger scholars are not so much a part of the coalition that elected Page as they are potential allies for conservatives within a reconciled Baptist future.

Despite these contradictions, not only AIPAC but mainstream Jewish organizations such as the Council of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations and the Anti-Defamation League / BnaiBrith have allied themselves with Christian Zionist organizations such as the Christian Coalition, Religious Round - table and the 700 Club.

Thus in the last year, powerful food companies, agriculture lobbies, and various coalitions of lawmakers have allied in battles over each food area that USDA sought to restrict.

Farron plays it straight but doesn't hold back from showering praise on Clegg's key ally at the top of the coalition.

Action by our counter parts in Pakistan, by our allies in the US, by our own coalition forces in Afghanistan and of course by agencies here and elsewhere have all made Al Qaeda weaker than at any time since 9/11.

The negotiations to form a new Democratic coalition in the Senate were backed by a variety of key players in Democratic politics, ranging from Rep. Joe Crowley, the chairman of the Queens Democratic Committee, and Hector Figueroa of 32BJ, a union ally of the mainline Democratic conference in the chamber.

Qatar has hosted three major US military bases and is part of the current anti-Isis coalition, yet it seems that for some in the UK they will never be accepted as an ally until they ascribe to every tenant of UK government policy, from abandoning any Muslim beliefs Theresa May deems extremist to forsaking the Palestinian cause.

«We are proud to stand with Governor Cuomo and the Senate Democratic Conference in support of the public financing of elections, and urge the Republican Coalition and its allies to drop their opposition to this essential proposal.»

PMDB was the largest party of Rousseff's coalition and, until then, its strongest ally.

Ally that to Brown's appalling inability to perform U-turns adroitly, and his intransigence and inability to admit error over his pet projects, and it's the database / surveillance / control - freakery of his cherished Transformational Govt programme that is the hugest block to any coalition, and I'd say it's an immovable block.

Even at this uniquely precarious moment for the de Blasio administration, the mayor has assembled a large coalition of surrogates to support mayoral control, including 100 business leaders who are not traditional de Blasio allies, clergy members, union leaders, technology executives, elected officials and former top officials under mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration.

The bill had leadership juice behind it: it was sponsored in the Assembly by Herman «Denny» Farrell, D - Manhattan, the Assembly Ways & Means chairman, and co-sponsored in the Senate by John DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, the Finance Committee chairman, and Diane Savino, D - Staten Island, who is both a close ally of labor unions and a leading member of the Independent Democratic Coalition.

In response to the alliance, reported by the Hebrew media Sunday, a senior Likud source involved in the coalition negotiations accused the national - religious Jewish Home party of «voter fraud,» for forming an agreement with Yesh Atid instead of allying with Likud - Beytenu, as it had promised it would in its elections campaign.

Given the previous willingness of Kenyatta and his allies to use violence to manipulate voters» insecurities, it may be that Kenyatta wins the election by destabilising the voting period and depicting his coalition as the more national, rather than ethnic, option.

ALBANY — Tension between an anti-corruption commission and legislators has resulted in a public war between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the G.O.P. - led coalition that runs the State Senate, culminating in an exchange of personal attacks yesterday between a Senate official and a Cuomo - allied party aide.

The curious dance of Saturday's proceedings comes as the WFP, originally formed as a coalition between labor unions and grassroots activist groups, has been somewhat depleted after the exodus of Cuomo - allied unions and is fighting to remain a force in liberal New York.

Lib Dem Coalition ministers do have a number of possible & real allies on equality measures even amongst senior Conservatives (e.g. May & occasionally also Cameron); amicable discussion should be retained in this dimension.

This is a strange number in some regards because Airwars estimates a minimum of 3,962 civilians killed by coalition (American and NATO allies) air - strikes.

Country: Niger When: Feb. 21 Why you should pay attention: An ally of US counter-terrorism efforts in west Africa, Niger is part of a coalition of countries fighting Boko Haram militants in the region.

The teachers union has a number of labor allies in this effort, including the new labor - backed Strong Economy for All Coalition, which is targeting nine senators around the state with a radio / mail campaign.

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As leader of the five - member breakaway faction that allied with Republicans to form the chamber's governing coalition (and keep Democrats from assuming the control that should have accompanied their mathematical majority), Klein has been justifying the partnership since it formed in 2012 as a win for progressives, rather than as a means of self - empowerment.

The association has called on the Ghana Nursing and Midwives Trainees Association (GNMTA), Physician Assistant Students Association of Ghana (PASSAG), Private Universities Nurses Association of Ghana (PUNAG), University Nursing Students Association of Ghana (UNSAG), Federation of Ghana Medical Laboratory Sciences Students Association of Ghana (FG - MELSA), Collation of Private Unemployed Nurses (COPUN), Coalition of Degree Allied Health Professionals, Coalition of Unposted Allied Health Professionals and all concerned citizens to join the demonstration.

The coalition alleges that half of the affordable housing in South Williamsburg has gone to Hasidic allies of Lopez and other whites, while 90 percent of the people waiting for such housing are black and Hispanic.

It is, in short, a grand coalition of industry allies.

A diverse coalition of charter advocates rallied at City Hall on Friday to raise the cap, including several small independent charter operators who don't usually ally themselves with larger organizations, such as Families for Excellent Schools.

The South Williamsburg native has the support of Councilman Antonio Reynoso, the Working Families Party and the New Kings Democrats — all part of a coalition that has been rallying to fill offices against disgraced former politician Vito Lopez and his allies.

Cuomo was also described as «desperately» seeking allies within his own Democratic Party to be part of an anti-de Blasio coalition, after having alienated many of them by his «bullying» and «contemptuous» treatment.

6 p.m., the New York Immigration Coalition and its members, immigrants and allies rally for immigrant New Yorkers in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling, Foley Square, 101 Worth St., Manhattan.

The Lib Dem peer, a close ally of business secretary Vince Cable, has been escalating his criticisms of the deputy prime minister throughout the coalition period.

The coalition of business groups, elected officials and private and public sector union organizations formed to back the expansion of casino gambling in New York includes a number of allies to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Either way, it is also difficult to see the public accepting the notion of one party being permanently in government — the Liberal Democrats are currently the only viable coalition ally for both Labour and the Tories — and leaving their controversial leader in place is likely a bridge too far.